08/19/2013

Cooley's Dean Talks Standards, Job Prospects, And Tuition

In a Lansing State Journal story on Sunday, "Cooley Law School Weathering Decline in Enrollment," Cooley President and Dean Don LeDuc says that in the face of an ongoing recession in the market for lawyers, Cooley's entering class is "significantly smaller" than in recent years, tuition in going up, and admission standards are holding steady, for now. As he has in the past, Dean LeDuc expressed confidence in the recovery of the market for lawyers in three or four years, given historical patterns and the inevitable (at some point) departure of Baby Boomer lawyers from the legal scene. And in response, as he has in the past, Above The Law's Elie Mystal fulminates about job prospects for Cooley's grads and the cost of tuition.

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Cooley's Dean Talks Standards, Job Prospects, And Tuition

In a Lansing State Journal story on Sunday, "Cooley Law School Weathering Decline in Enrollment," Cooley President and Dean Don LeDuc says that in the face of an ongoing recession in the market for lawyers, Cooley's entering class is "significantly smaller" than in recent years, tuition in going up, and admission standards are holding steady, for now. As he has in the past, Dean LeDuc expressed confidence in the recovery of the market for lawyers in three or four years, given historical patterns and the inevitable (at some point) departure of Baby Boomer lawyers from the legal scene. And in response, as he has in the past, Above The Law's Elie Mystal fulminates about job prospects for Cooley's grads and the cost of tuition.